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TO ALL qWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

i Be it known that I, E. A. G. ROULSTONE, of Roxbury, in the county -of Norfolk, and State of Massachusctts, have invented an Improvement in Travelling-Bags; and I doA hereby declare that the following, taken inconnection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention suiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The invention relates to the. manner of constructing the frames of travelling-bags and applying then: to the flexible bag-forming material, having particular reference to strengthening the frame at the corners thereof,

and giving to s aidcorners a neat appearance, and to simplifyingthe ,application of the frame to the flexiblel bag material. 4

The nature of the invention will 'be more clearly understood after description and examination oi' the drewings, in which- A denotes a cross-section of a portion of a frame and body,made and connected in accordance with' my invention.

B, an outer view of?, the corner.-

C, a modification of the construction shown at A'. l

A similar construction, but inferior in some respects Ato that described, is vshown at C, where the two lip's between, and over and under which the edge'of the cloth or leather extends, are both formed from the stripe, the edge of the body being first inserted within the strip and between the edges, and the stripbeingthen riveted through this edge to the frame. In forming the corner ein the angle frame, instead of cutting the metal to enable the corner to be turned, I maken series of folds, f, where the frame is turned, and strike or vhammer them down,eifecting this without heating the metal, and thereby-.producing a firm and rigid rightangular connection or disposition of thetwo parts of the frame, showing no .cut and requiring no strengthening.

I claim the attachment. of the ilexible body of a bag to the frane thereof, by inserting the' edge between two lips b d, one or both of which areformed on Ya strip or plate, c, riveted to the frame by rivets passing through the edge of' the ilexible body, the frame, and lthe strip or plate, substantially as set forth.

Also forming the corner e, by producing the folds j`,land flatly compressing the same, substantially as shown and described.

' E. A. G- ROULSTONE.

Witnesses:

M. W. FROTH'INGHAM, FRANCIS GOULD. 

